Wayne Rooney’s nightmare training commute after two-year drink-drive ban that could cost him £138 PER DAY – and take over 2 hours by rail

Premier League superstar Wayne Rooney is now facing the prospect of life as a commuter after two-year driving ban. His nightmare journey could see him spend more than four hours on public transport or £138 in taxi fares each day

By Dan Elsom

18th September 2017, 1:44 pm

Updated: 18th September 2017, 3:19 pm

FOOTBALL superstar Wayne Rooney could have a nightmare commute after being slapped with a hefty two-year ban for drink-driving.

Of course, the Everton ace can afford a chauffeur driven lift - but we've looked at his alternative options now that he won't be behind the wheel until September 2019.

No longer able to drive the 55 minutes from his Cheshire home to training, the Everton striker will need to decide how to get to work and keep up with his packed schedule - and the options don't make happy reading for the ex-England captain.

If he can't tag along in the backseat with any of his teammates, he may find his 37-mile commute from his home in Prestbury to Everton's Finch Farm training ground becomes something of a nightmare.

So how will the Premier League ace actually get himself to work each day if he can't get on the road? Public transport is always an option.

Unfortunately for Wayne, his £10 million country mansion in Cheshire isn't exactly located near the fastest rail network in the country.

If he was to jump on a train at Prestbury, he would have to ride Northern Rail to Manchester Piccadilly, then change trains and sit on the Transpennine Express to Liverpool South Parkway.

A short 20 minute bus ride would then take him to within a mile of Finch Farm, where he could finish the two-hour and 15 minutes commute with a brisk walk mile to training.

Rooney will now have to negotiate the 38 mile trip to training without his own car

The two-year period could end up costing him a total £24,000 on train fare alone - just over a day's wages.

And there is, of course, the possibility that Rooney's community service could involve cleaning graffiti from the inside of train carriages, in which case he might as well kill two birds with one stone and make his way to training while he does it.

It is likely the 31-year-old won't fancy all that time on public transport everyday wishing he never had that last Stella, so a taxi might be a better option.

He could nab himself a lift with Uber for around £69 each way, forking out a rather unsettling £138 for the round trip - little more than the cost of a round of drinks at one of the swanky nightclubs in Alderley Edge.

And while a mere £690 a week in cab fares seems like pocket change to a man who earns £150,000 in the same period, that sure does seem like pints of money he is just throwing down the drain.